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Description

Travel and Tourism is one of the most varied and important global industries. It contributes significantly to the economies of many countries, and worldwide employs around 235 million people. This completely new IGCSE course is designed to help meet the growing need for well qualified and knowledgeable people who want a career in the Travel and Tourism industry. This qualification will provide you with a broad introduction to the key components of this exciting and challenging field.

For the purposes of this distance learning programme we will be preparing you the exam only route. The study pack is designed to closely match the curriculum content of the Cambridge IGCSE Travel and Tourism syll…

Frequently asked questions

Travel and Tourism is one of the most varied and important
global industries. It contributes significantly to the economies of
many countries, and worldwide employs around 235 million people.
This completely new IGCSE course is designed to help meet the
growing need for well qualified and knowledgeable people who want a
career in the Travel and Tourism industry. This qualification will
provide you with a broad introduction to the key components of this
exciting and challenging field.

For the purposes of this distance learning programme we will be
preparing you the exam only route. The study pack is designed to
closely match the curriculum content of the Cambridge IGCSE Travel
and Tourism syllabus and will provide you with the information and
support you'll need to take the exams with confidence.

At UK Open Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and
supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you
receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors
are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting
distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and
they are responsible for marking assignments answering your
questions and guiding you through the course to ensure you are
ready for your examinations.

This is an open-entry course.

You will have tutor support for 12 months. Please note: Students
are reminded that it is their responsibility to find and register
with a centre to take the examinations. Please take this into
consideration when you are making your study plans.

The course is divided into 5 main units, which cover a variety
of topics such as: the patterns of demand for international travel
and tourism, presentation and promotion of tourist facilities,
Market segmentation and targeting,the roles of tour operators and
travel agents.

Students are reminded that it is their responsibility to find
and register with a centre to take the examinations. UK Open
Learning cannot take any responsibility for this. The following is
a list provided by Cambridge on their website:
http://www.cie.org.uk/profiles/students/ukcandidates/#contacts

The awarding body is University of Cambridge International
Examinations.

We have deliberately designed the course to make it as
interactive as possible with lots of self-assessment exercises for
you to carry out. But we don't leave it there for we give you a
comprehensive answer book so that you can see how much you have
learned. We set you practice exams which your tutor will mark and
give you valuable feedback.